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Mark Pawsey is a former MP for Rugby.

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Former Conservative MP for Rugby

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @MarkPawsey
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Mark Pawsey campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Treasury
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Transport
• Beverage Containers: Recycling
• Question
• Funerals: Coronavirus
• WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• Company Cars: Taxation

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (19 Jun 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment (28 Jun 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Business and Trade Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill (Joint Committee) (19 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Business and Trade Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (29 Nov 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• James Pawsey
• William Price
• Roy Wise
• James Johnson
• William Brown
• David Margesson
• Ernest Brown
• Euan Wallace
• John Baird
• Corrie Grant
• Richard Verney
• Henry Cobb

Future MPs in this constituency

• John Slinger

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Smart Meters Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crown Tenancies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (8 out of 16)
• Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Defence Reform Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
• Intellectual Property Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Local Audit and AccountabilityBill Committee (7 out of 9)
• Deep Sea Mining Bill Committee (1 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Prime Minister: Engagements 1 May 2024

  Since I was elected in 2010, Rugby has seen employment grow by nearly 6,000, with 10% more of my constituents in work. Much of that has been driven by investment in advanced manufacturing in places such as Ansty Park, where we have got the Manufacturing Technology Centre, which the Prime Minister visited, the High Temperature Research Centre, Rolls-Royce, Parker Meggitt, Fanuc and the London...

• Education: Topical Questions 29 Apr 2024

  Businesses—those in manufacturing in particular—speak about the challenge in filling vacancies. The solution can often be in the existing workforce, but older workers can be reluctant to take up apprenticeships. What work are we doing to encourage more older workers into the apprenticeship system?

• Written Answers — Home Office: Firearms: Licensing 15 Apr 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of fees for firearms licences.

More of Mark Pawsey’s recent appearances